The streamlines of ∞-harmonic functions obey the inverse mean curvature flow

Abstract: Given an

i n f t y

-harmonic function

u_{i} n f t y

on a domain

O m e g a s u b s e t e q m a t h b b R^{2}

, consider the function

w = - l o g | a b l a u_{i} n f t y |

. If

u_{i} n f t y i n C^{2} (O m e g a)

with

a b l a u_{i} n f t y e q 0

and

a b l a | a b l a u_{i} n f t y | e q 0

, then it is easy to check that (1) the streamlines of

u_{i} n f t y

are the level sets of

w

and (2)

w

solves the level set formulation of the inverse mean curvature flow. For less regular solutions, neither statement is true in general, but even so,

w

is still a weak solution of the inverse mean curvature flow under far weaker assumptions. This is proved through an approximation of

u_{i} n f t y

by

p

-harmonic functions, the use of conjugate

p^{'}

-harmonic functions, and the known connection of the latter with the inverse mean curvature flow. A statement about the regularity of

| a b l a u_{i} n f t y |

arises as a by-product.

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